Izzy Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 I just started it with my dyslexic 13 year old who has never been able to comprehend grammar. He's getting it!! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heathermomster Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Very glad to hear that the program is helpful. DS likes it too. We cover a handful of problems per day and grammar no longer rules our lives. The program is inexpensive too, which is always a plus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J9Mommy Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Good to hear. I always like to keep new programs in mind ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatmansWife Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Good to hear. I always like to keep new programs in mind ! You probably mean that it's new to you knowing about it...because it certainly isn't a new program. :001_smile: Years ago....I mean probably 15 years ago a homeschooling friend recommended Winston. It was always in the back of my mind. Finally I got it, but then I decided not to use it with my dd (not sure what the reason was)...but I kept it...collecting dust on a shelf. A few months ago I blew the dust off and started it with my ds. It's going well. I got the supplemental workbook so that we have basically double the amount of sentences to do each lesson. I hope to finish this with him and have him use Winston Advanced and then possibly even Winston Word Works. ETA: I just double checked this, because I was uncertain...Word Works is before Advanced. So, we'll do both. Apparently it takes like 4 years to go through all 3 of these books (Advanced taking 2 years)? Interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChicoryChick Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 I am using this with my VSL 12 (almost 13)yo dd and it is working very well for her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom2OandE Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Do you mind sharing what your week looks like with this program? There aren't any samples so its harder to see how it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holly Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 I'm glad to read your post...I have this in mind to use in a year or two. I also haven't heard much about it (or seen many samples). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armom Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 I liked using Winston Grammar with my kids and will use again in a year or two with my younger son. We used the basic book last year with the supplemetal book also. We have the Winston Works book but haven't started it yet. The Winston Grammar basic and supplemental book have 30 lessons with 10-14 sentences, pretest/post test and 4 quizzes. We did 4 sentences every day to due a lesson a week. The supplemental book is not necessary for all kids, my daughter didn't need the extra pratice but my son needed all the extra sentences he could. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChicoryChick Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Do you mind sharing what your week looks like with this program? There aren't any samples so its harder to see how it works. I wasn't sure if this question was geared toward me or the PP. We do Grammar 4 days a week, one lesson a week. An ideal week goes like this: Monday: Teach lesson. Practice sample sentences in the TM using the colored parts of speech card. DD does first 3 sentences of the lesson using the cards to help as needed. I check to make sure she has it. Tues-Thurs she does 3-4 sentences a day depending how many there are in that lesson, reviewing the lesson as needed. Again I check her sentences each day. confession - I don't always check her work like I should. She usually does grammar first because it is easy for her with the visuals and she likes it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J9Mommy Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 You probably mean that it's new to you knowing about it...because it certainly isn't a new program. :001_smile: Years ago....I mean probably 15 years ago a homeschooling friend recommended Winston. It was always in the back of my mind. Finally I got it, but then I decided not to use it with my dd (not sure what the reason was)...but I kept it...collecting dust on a shelf. A few months ago I blew the dust off and started it with my ds. It's going well. I got the supplemental workbook so that we have basically double the amount of sentences to do each lesson. I hope to finish this with him and have him use Winston Advanced and then possibly even Winston Word Works. ETA: I just double checked this, because I was uncertain...Word Works is before Advanced. So, we'll do both. Apparently it takes like 4 years to go through all 3 of these books (Advanced taking 2 years)? Interesting. Haha. Yes, that is what I meant. Sorry, I didn't see this sooner. Thank you for your insight as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PachiSusan Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 yay - I'm so happy for you!! It always makes me happy when I hear a good fit!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blessed with seven Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 I have a question about Winston Grammar. I heard it does not cover punctuation...do you use something different for that??? Do you have to "add" anything else? Thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pen Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 How does Winston Grammar work? I once looked on website and ended up feeling very confused. You do what with the cards and so forth? It looks interesting, and I too have a dyslexic for whom grammar is not a slam dunk, and it working for PP is thus promising. But I don't get what Winston is really. ????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChicoryChick Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Winston Grammar does not teach puncruation (at least I have not gotten to it if it does). You introduce a part of speech. Each part of speech has a different colored card plus black cards to represent the parts of Speech that you have not covered yet. for example you start with nouns. Nouns are a white card with the definition of a noun on it. You have a sample sentence. "The train is on the track". The student puts down a black card for "The" because articles have not been covered yet, a white card for "train", 3 black cards dor "is on the" and a white card for "track". You have the student do 3 of the sentences for lesson 1 using the cards and then underlining the nouns in the sentence, next day review and have them do 3 more sentences..every day until the lesson is done. The next week you do lesson two. It introduces a red card for articles. You do a sample sentence using white for nouns, red for articles and black for the rest, again only doing a few sentences per day, underlining the nouns and putting a check mark above the articles and so on and so forth. Clear as mud? HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merry gardens Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 I wasn't sure if this question was geared toward me or the PP. We do Grammar 4 days a week, one lesson a week. An ideal week goes like this: Monday: Teach lesson. Practice sample sentences in the TM using the colored parts of speech card. DD does first 3 sentences of the lesson using the cards to help as needed. I check to make sure she has it. Tues-Thurs she does 3-4 sentences a day depending how many there are in that lesson, reviewing the lesson as needed. Again I check her sentences each day. confession - I don't always check her work like I should. She usually does grammar first because it is easy for her with the visuals and she likes it. I'll share that we do Winston Grammar differently here. I'm using the Basic program with three of my children, 8th, 6th and 6th. I follow the lead of my child with dyslexia and the others go at whatever pace he sets. Some weeks we get through one lesson, some weeks we may get through two, and some weeks we repeat the previous week's lesson. Once I've taught a lesson, I have them go through the sentences within the next day or two. I make them use their cards for every sentence. We check their work together before we move onto the next lesson. How they do depends on if we move onto the next lesson or not. I bought the supplemental workbook and pull it out for extra practice if needed for more practice sentences, otherwise we just move to the next exercise in the workbook. It would be neater, easier and more predictable if we just went through one lesson a week, but that's not how life works here. At the rate we're going, I expect we'll be through it under sixth months of schooling; apparently, we covered 2 lessons a week more often than we needed two weeks per lesson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BatmansWife Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 My son is older...and barely tolerates doing any school work...so I show him a sentence with the cards, and I have him do at least one sentence with the cards himself (so he can at least show me that he gets it)...I don't make him do the other sentences with the cards. I got the supplemental workbook, because I don't think 3 sentences a day are enough. We do 6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atozmom Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 A pp has already asked, but I did not see the question answered yet. What have you used for punctuation while using Winston? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatmansWife Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 A pp has already asked, but I did not see the question answered yet. What have you used for punctuation while using Winston? The Basic Cozy Punctuation Course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my2boysteacher Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Does Winston teach diagramming? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChicoryChick Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 I am currently not using anything to supple,ent WG with regarding punctuation. I just teach/correct it through her writing. Also, there is no diagramming in WG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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